Link: https://www.rt.com/news/592599-bolton-blasts-biden-anti-russia-tactics/

The ex-White House aide has argued that Washington’s policies and rhetoric have only emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin | US President Joe Biden’s efforts to punish Moscow over the Ukraine crisis have failed, and his rhetoric and weak leadership have only encouraged more aggression by Russian leader Vladimir Putin, ex-White House aide John Bolton has claimed. ● Bolton made his comments in a NewsNation interview on Friday, after Biden and other US officials rebuked President Putin over the death of opposition politician Alexey Navalny in a Siberian penal colony. The former US national security advisor argued that contrary to statements by the Biden administration, Navalny’s death does not demonstrate weakness in Putin’s government.

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20240218/rossiya-segodnya-head-kiselev-sent-request-for-interview-with-us-president-biden-1116855886.html

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down for an interview with US journalist Tucker Carlson to discuss the Ukraine conflict, the Nord Stream sabotage, Russia-NATO relations, artificial intelligence and other topics. | Dmitry Kiselev, general director of the Rossiya Segodnya media group — Sputnik's parent company — said he had sent a request to the White House for an interview with US President Joe Biden. 💬 "We believe that our countries lack the ability to listen and hear each other, and we believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin has set a worthy example by agreeing to an interview aimed at the American viewer," the letter said. "The interview is planned to be conducted by me, Dmitry Kiselev, CEO of the Rossiya Segodnya Media Group and host of the highest-rated Sunday news and analysis program Vesti Nedeli on Russia 1, the country's most popular TV channel."

Link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/video/lauren-jauregui-silence-hollywood-and-what-she-says-obvious-genocide

Cuban-American singer-songwriter Lauren Jauregui joined us on Real Talk Online to speak about a silence in Hollywood, western double standards, her latest single and what she says is an 'obvious genocide' unfolding in Gaza. | Lauren was catapulted to international fame as a member of Fifth Harmony, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. And since going solo her music has racked up tens - if not hundreds - of millions of hits. She’s also just put out a new music video, ‘The day the world blows up’, which includes prominent Palestine and Gaza imagery. Real Talk is a Middle East Eye interview show that delves into the stories and experiences of a diverse range of guests. — VIDEO

Link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-palestinian-americans-criticise-biden-inaction-abducted-family

Hashem Alagha, Borak Alagha and their father Ahmed were taken by Israeli forces in Khan Younis last week, and their family says the US has not done enough to secure their release | The US-based family of two Palestinian-American brothers and their father, a Canadian national, have accused the Biden administration of not doing enough to secure the release of their relatives after they were detained by the Israeli military in the besieged Gaza Strip eight days ago.  ● Hashem Alagha, 20, Borak Alagha, 18, their 48-year-old father, Ahmed Alagha, as well as others, were taken by Israeli forces in al-Mawasi near Khan Younis on 7 February, after the Israeli army conducted a raid on the shelter they were seeking refuge in. ● Their US-based extended family told Middle East Eye that despite contacting the US State Department and US consular offices for help and assistance, they had received no information on their status or well-being.

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20240216/tucker-carlson-dont-believe-your-lying-eyes--1116820122.html

The American political class fell into a bizarre rage over Tucker Carlson’s seemingly innocuous trip to a Moscow metro station and supermarket. | Pro-regime pundits rushed to issue denunciations and “rebuttals” of Carlson’s videos, while Senator Thom Tillis smeared him as a “useful idiot.” Their overarching message was clear: “Ordinary Americans, don’t believe your lying eyes.”

Journalist Tucker Carlson expressed his approval after a visit to the fast-food restaurant “Vkusno - i Tochka” (lit. Tasty, period) during his stay in Moscow, calling the Russian cheeseburger and fries “excellent”.

“Vkusno - i Tochka” is a Russian fast-food restaurant chain… pic.twitter.com/AjpeIJyloR

— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) February 16, 2024

There’s nothing remarkable or surprising about the fact that Russia has nice metro stations and supermarkets – it’s the largest economy in Europe and the fifth largest in the world in terms of purchasing power parity. Despite unprecedented Western sanctions, the Russian economy grew at a faster rate than all the G7 economies in 2023 and will probably do so again this year, according to the IMF. ● The crucial difference between Russia and the United States is not the price of groceries or even the quality of public transportation. The crucial difference is the effectiveness of their political systems. The reason why Moscow is a nicer city than Washington, DC is because the former is run by competent technocrats while the latter is run by incompetent Democratic Party apparatchiks. As someone who has lived in both cities, I know firsthand which one is cleaner, safer, and offers an overall better standard of living.

Link: https://www.novinite.com/articles/224210/Putin+Prefers+Biden%2C+Surprised+by+Tucker+Carlson%2C+and+Questions+Blinken%27s+Ukraine+Stance

In a candid interview with propagandist Pavel Zarubin, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed his preference for engaging with Joe Biden over former President Donald Trump, citing Biden's predictability and experience as an "old-school politician." Putin's remarks offer a rare glimpse into his strategic calculus regarding American leadership amidst ongoing tensions between Russia and the United States. | Contrastingly, Putin's past admiration for Trump's perceived exceptionalism took a backseat as he expressed reservations about Trump's stance on NATO defense spending and its potential implications for Ukraine. The specter of Trump's foreign policy decisions, particularly in relation to Russia's actions in Eastern Europe, looms large in Putin's strategic calculus. [...] Putin's unexpected commentary on American media personality Tucker Carlson offered further insights into his perceptions of Western media dynamics. Surprised by Carlson's subdued approach during their recent interview, Putin admitted to expecting a more adversarial line of questioning. "To be honest, I expected him to be aggressive and ask so-called sharp questions. I just wasn't prepared for it," Putin confessed, revealing his strategic engagement with Western media outlets as conduits for dialogue amid strained relations.

■ ‘Polite Carlson, our guy Blinken, old-school Biden’: Putin weighs in on recent interview and US politics (RT.com)
■ Trump says Putin paid him ‘great compliment’ (RT.com)

Link: https://public.substack.com/p/cia-had-foreign-allies-spy-on-trump

Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi, and Alex Gutentag | United States Intelligence Community targeted 26 Trump advisors for foreign spy agencies to “reverse target” and “bump” | Last year, John Durham, a special prosecutor for the Department of Justice (DOJ), concluded that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) should never have opened its investigation of alleged collusion by then-presidential candidate Donald J. Trump and Russia in late July of 2016. ● Now, multiple credible sources tell Public and Racket that the United States Intelligence Community (IC), including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), illegally mobilized foreign intelligence agencies to target Trump advisors long before the summer of 2016. ● The new information fills many gaps in our understanding of the Russia collusion hoax and is supported by testimony already in the public record.

Link: https://www.novinite.com/articles/224214/Private+Lunar+Mission+Takes+Off%3A+Nova-C+Odysseus+Makes+History%21

An American private lunar lander from Intuitive Machines was launched after a 24-hour delay due to fuel issues. The Nova-C Odysseus lander, developed by the spaceflight company Intuitive Machines (IM), could be the first private mission, known as IM-1, to successfully land undamaged on the lunar surface. | The successful launch of the Nova-C Odysseus comes one month after another American spacecraft, Peregrine, failed to land due to fuel depletion. If everything goes according to plan, Odysseus could attempt a lunar landing on February 22nd. The landing of Odysseus will mark the first return to the Moon by the United States since the last mission of the Apollo program – Apollo 17 – over 50 years ago.

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20240214/lindsey-grahams-about-face-on-ukraine-shows-gop-patience-with-kiev-regime-has-run-out-1116788385.html

Graham, considered to be among the most “hawkish” lawmakers in Washington, may be counting on collapse in Ukraine to sink US President Joe Biden’s reelection chances. | Lindsey Graham (SC-R), long considered one of the US Senate’s foremost advocates of a muscular US foreign policy, raised eyebrows this week when he repeatedly voted against lethal aid for Ukraine and Israel. [...] The capitulation of Graham, who less than a year ago insisted US President Joe Biden should redouble efforts to assist embattled Ukrainian President Voloydymyr Zelensky during a visit to Kiev, suggests a seismic shift is underway concerning US support for Ukraine, and perhaps US foreign policy as a whole.

Link: https://stateofthenation.co/?p=210006

HIASgate: The Convoluted Criminal Conspiracy Misappropriating Tax Revenue To Fund The Border Invasion & Overwhelm America With Illegal Aliens: Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society: The Jewish Organization Paid With US Tax Dollars To Transport 500,000 Illegal Aliens. From South and Central America Into USA. | Honestly, how does one tribe of banksters constantly get away with breaking any law (you name the statute), pull off any terrorist attack (9/11 & OK City)), freely run any con game in town (Federal Reserve), assassinate any POTUS (JFK), transparently genocide the American people (Covid ‘vaccines’), carry out a global depopulation scheme (COVID-19 biowar), and on and on and on?! ● With massive volumes of high integrity evidence now available on the Internet which conclusively incriminates this tribe, how do they continue to, not only escape justice, but somehow up their game toward bankrupting the US Corporation (of which every U.S. citizen is mere chattel) in order to collapse the American Republic?

■ IT’S TREASON PURE AND SIMPLE (State of the Nation)
■ CVFC: A Secret Illegal Immigrant Housing Operation to Populate The US (The People's Voice)

Link: https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-02-09-bill-gates-pandemic-2-vaccines-little-patch.html

The vaccine racket is losing steam, so billionaire eugenicist Bill Gates has come up with a new design for vaccines that involves "a little patch" being slapped on a person's skin. | In a recent appearance on CNBC TV18 in India, Gates was asked about the future of vaccine manufacturing through his eyes, based on the current state of technological and healthcare advancements. [Bla-bla-bla] [...] Gates continued by rambling about the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) "vaccines" that were unleashed through Operation Warp Speed, explaining that for the next pandemic, "we need to make them have longer duration, more coverage." [...] Whether from a needle or from a patch, poison is still poison, it is important to note. Injected poison is arguably worse as it bypasses the body's natural defense mechanisms, but surely Gates has thought of that, too, and will make the patches just as, or perhaps more, toxic than their needle counterparts.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/592215-eus-seizure-money-communist/

The bloc unanimously backed the idea of using frozen assets to help Ukraine | The EU is facing increasing pressure from the US and its allies to find ways to seize hundreds of billions of euros in frozen sovereign Russian funds. Asked if Hungary would support the initiative to use profits generated from financial assets which belong to the Russian central bank and are now frozen by the EU, Szijjarto said the idea reminds him of how the communists used to confiscate assets from people in Hungary.

Link: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/key-points-from-tucker-carlson--interview-with-putin

Ep. 73 The Vladimir Putin Interview pic.twitter.com/67YuZRkfLL

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) February 8, 2024

During the interview, Putin stated that Ukraine decided to terminate its negotiations with Russia at the request of the US. | On Thursday, American journalist Tucker Carlson aired his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, marking the first occasion of a Western journalist conducting such an interview since the launch of the special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022.

■ Putin-Carlson interview: FULL TRANSCRIPT (2nd Smartest Guy in the World)
■ Tucker Carlson streams interview with Vladimir Putin (full conversation) (RT.com) - VIDEO
■ Tucker Carlson’s Exclusive Interview with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow – Partial Transcript Released (State of the Nation)
■ Talks on Ukraine and Elon Musk: What Putin spoke about in interview with Carlson (TASS)
■ Russia’s goal is to stop war unleashed by Ukraine in 2014, says Putin (TASS)
■ Tucker-Putin Interview to Erode Funding Crusade for US Proxy Conflict in Ukraine – Ex-CIA Agent (Sputnik News)
■ Ukraine is ‘artificial state’ – Putin (RT.com)
■ Clinton attacks Carlson over Putin interview (RT.com)

Link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/cnn-israel-bias-laid-bare-norm-not-exception

Jonathan Cook | Western media can never truly report the extent of Israel’s criminality because to do so would be to expose their long-running complicity in those crimes | Leaks from within CNN reveal that for months its executives have been actively imposing an editorial line designed to reinforce Israel’s framing of events in Gaza, to the point of obscuring atrocities by the Israeli military. The dictates, say insiders, have resulted in senior staff refusing to accept assignments to the region "because they do not believe they will be free to tell the whole story". Others suspect they are being kept away by editors who fear they will fight the restrictions. ● Internal memos insist that stories be approved by the station’s Jerusalem bureau, where staff are widely seen as partisans who slant reports in Israel’s favour. Palestinian perspectives are tightly restricted. "Ultimately, CNN’s coverage of the Israel-Gaza war amounts to journalistic malpractice," one staffer told an investigation by the Guardian newspaper.

Link: https://english.alahednews.com.lb/75268/393

The United States President Joe Biden stressed that “Israel’s” military response to the October 7 operation by Hamas in Gaza was “over the top”. | “I’m of the view, as you know, that the conduct of the response in Gaza, in the Gaza Strip, has been over the top,” he told reporters at the White House. Biden highlighted his efforts on reaching the long-awaited deal and a sustained pause in fighting: “There are a lot of innocent people who are starving, a lot of innocent people who are in trouble and dying, and it’s gotta stop.”

■ Israel killing too many civilians – US (RT.com)

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/591993-biden-opposition-putin-interview/

Never Believe Anything Until It Is Officially Denied. | The former Fox host alleges that the Biden administration wanted to derail his plans to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin . Allegations that the administration of US President Joe Biden tried to stop journalist Tucker Carlson from interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin are “ridiculous”, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a daily press briefing on Tuesday. ● The former Fox News host is currently in Moscow, and has confirmed his intention to speak with the Russian leader, claiming his team had to overcome opposition from the American government.

■ Musk responds to calls for Tucker Carlson’s arrest (RT.com)
■ Tucker Carlson leaves Kremlin after ‘intense’ hour interview with Vladimir Putin (02/06/24)

Link: https://www.anews.com.tr/americas/2024/02/07/haley-loses-republican-nevada-primary-to-none-of-these-candidates

Nikki Haley, a Republican candidate for the presidency, experienced a humiliating loss in Nevada's primary this Tuesday. According to Edison Research, she was surpassed by ballots marked as "none of these candidates" by those who support Donald Trump. | Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley suffered an embarrassing defeat in Nevada's primary on Tuesday, finishing behind ballots marked "none of these candidates" by supporters of Donald Trump, according to Edison Research. Haley, the last remaining rival to frontrunner Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, was the only major Republican candidate contesting the party's Nevada primary on Tuesday. Trump was not on the ballot.

■ Haley makes history in Nevada primary (RT.com) US presidential candidate Nikki Haley has received the support of just over 30% of registered Republican voters in a state-organized primary election in Nevada, according to preliminary results on Tuesday, with two-thirds of the votes counted. With frontrunner Donald Trump absent from the ballot, the “none of these candidates” option was picked by more than 60% of the voters. In accordance with state law, Haley was nevertheless declared the winner.

Link: https://newsaddicts.com/watch-joe-biden-suddenly-claims-he-recently-spoke-to-french-president-whos-been-dead-for-almost-30-years/

During a weekend address to a crowd in Las Vegas, Joe Biden shared a story about his conversation with French President Francois Mitterrand back in 2021. | There’s just one tiny hitch with that tale. Mitterrand has been deceased since 1996. Some media figures have floated the idea that Biden might have simply confused names. Do you think that’s the case?

Link: https://www.albawaba.com/news/tucker-carlson-leaves-kremlin-after-%E2%80%98intense%E2%80%99-hour-interview-vladimir-putin-1551898

Tucker Carlson was filmed leaving the Kremlin after allegedly spending an hour with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow amid Ukraine crisis.| Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been spotted in Moscow, where he reportedly spent an hour at the Kremlin, sparking rumors that he might interview Russian President Vladimir Putin. ● Carlson, who now hosts a right-wing talk show on X, arrived in Moscow last Thursday and was seen attending a ballet performance at the Bolshoi Theatre on Saturday. On Monday, Russian state media aired footage of him leaving the Kremlin, where Putin’s office is located. ● The Kremlin has declined to confirm or deny whether Carlson met with Putin or whether an interview is planned. Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson, said on Monday that he had “nothing to announce” regarding the president’s interviews with foreign media. (VIDEO)

■ NUKE BOMBSHELL! Tucker Carlson’s Exclusive Interview with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow – Full Transcript Released (SOTN)
■ Tucker Carlson’s Popularity on the Increase in Russia: Here’s Why (Sputnik News)

Link: https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2024/02/06/un-security-council-members-criticize-us-over-recent-strikes-in-syria-iraq

The Council convened for an urgent meeting at the request of Russia as the war in Gaza continues to fan tensions across the Middle East, with potentially dramatic consequences for regional peace and security. | Some UN Security Council members criticized the US on Monday over last week's airstrikes in Syria and Iraq to avenge the killing of three of its service personnel in Jordan. ● The Council convened for an urgent meeting at the request of Russia as the war in Gaza continues to fan tensions across the Middle East, with potentially dramatic consequences for regional peace and security. ● The meeting came against the backdrop of a series of airstrikes by the US on targets in Iraq and Syria on Friday against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force and Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria after a suicide drone attack killed three American troops in Jordan.

■ Iran declares RED LINE: If U.S. strikes Iranian soil over three soldier deaths, Iran will strike numerous American targets throughout Middle East (Natural News)
■ Tehran warns Biden that if US strikes Iranian soil in retaliation for death of three soldiers the Islamist regime will hit back at American targets across the Middle East - sparking all-out war between the foes (Daily Mail)
■ US attacks on Syria and Iraq a flagrant breach of international law- Iravani says (SANA)
■ Biden Says The US “Does Not Seek Conflict In The Middle East” While Actively Dropping Bombs There (Caitlin Johnstone)